Clothes-clamp for  beds



Patented June 9, 1885.

(No Model.)

I. M. OONNER.

CLOTHES CLAMP FOR BEDS.

NITED STATS FLETCHER M. GONNEB, OF HENRIOO COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

CLQTHES-CLAMP FOR BEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,563, dated June 9 1835.

- Application filed August 28, 1884.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLETCHER M. GONNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Henrico county, Virginia, have invented a certain new and Improved Clothes-Clamp for Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is a device adapted to hold the bedclothes firmly in the position desired on the bed, so that the occupant-an invalid, child, or restless personcannot displace or throw off the same or fall out of bed, and also to tuck the bedelothing, in.

My invention is composed of the following parts: First, a light metallic rod about one fourth of an inch in diameter bent into the shape shown by letter I) in Figure 1 in the ac companying drawings; seeond,a clamp formed of a small block of wood made as shown by letter a; third, an under clamp consisting also of a small block of wood in the shape shown by letter a; fourth, a nut of any shape to work easily on the rod upon which a thread is cut, as shown by letter (Z.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by similar letters of reference, Fig. 1 is a View of the clamp put together and ready for use. One end of the rod 1) is inserted about an inch and a half into a hole bored the same size as the rodinto clamp a. It thus goes in tight and will hold. The under clamp, 0, works loosely on the rod. Fig. 2 is a section of a bed showing the position of the various parts when adjusted on the bed. The bed-clothing is not shown, but it passes down between the bed and clamp a and under the beveled edge of said clamp and up between the same and the side rail and over the side rail.

In applying the clamp the bed-clothing should fall over the side rail of the bed, the clamp a being pressed down on the same be tween the side rail and the bed until wedged in tight, then adjust block 0 and nut 11 as shown. Ordinarily it is not necessary to press block a down as far as shown. This device is a new one for the purpose; it will hold the clothing as desired; it will not tear the same or deface the bedstead, there being no contact of the rod with the bedstead; will prevent the occupant from falling out of bed, is easily and quickly adjusted, and upon any kind of bedstead, crib, or cradle, tucks the clothing in, and if adjusted, near the head-board will pre vent children throwing their arms out and exposing their shoulders to the cold.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination,with the bent rod, screwthreaded and provided with a nut, as described, of the upper clamping-block secured to said rod, and the lower clamping-block working on said rod, as described, and adapted to clamp and hold the bed-clothing down between the side rails of a bed and the bed, substantially as set forth.

FLETCHER M. GONNER.

Witnesses:

HARRY M. SMITH, Jr., RICHARD H. SMITH. 

